316 ENUMERATION OP {^Ziugiheracece^ 



poll, longi, erectij Bqnamis pollicaribns obtusis ad medium tubulosis vaginati. Brae- 

 iece poUIcarcs, rufcscentea vel iJalMic. FloresnVa'uW, Cajpstdte suhz^hmn^^^, rubrte. 

 Semiua nigra, arillo albo. 



This bears a veiy great external resemblance to Z. qfflcinale, wbich ie largely cul- 

 tivated in native gardens ; but, besides other difTerences, the tubular^uncleft sheaths 

 of the leaves at once distinguish the present plant. 



3. CURCUMA, Linn. 



1. C- Zernmbet, Eoxb. PL Cor. iii. t. 201 ; FL Ind. i. p. 20, cum syn. 



c.p. 3373. 



Hab. Common in the Ambagamowa District. JNTom. v;ilg. '' Ilaran- 



kalia." 



2. C. aromatica, Salisb." (Wight, Ic. t. 2005.)— (7. zedoaria, Eoib. 



Fl. Ind. i. p. 23 (excl. syn.). — c,P. 3705. 



IIai3. Pusalawa and near Gampolle, in the Central Province. Nom. 



vulg. " Dada-lcaha," "AVal-kaha." 



The roots of this plant are used medicinally by the Ciiighalese, 



3. O. albiflora, Thw. ; glabra, foUis ellipticis vel oblongis, utrlnque 

 acutis, pctiolatis, concolorlbus ; spica radicali, pedunculo fcquilonga; 

 hracteh ovato-lanceolatis, parum rcflexis, supcrioribus gradatim minori- 

 bua, omnibus florigeris ; periaiithii laciniis obtusis ; labcllo rotuudato, 

 retuso. — c.p. 2737. 



Hab. Mastellia, in the Ambagamowa District, at no great elevation. 



Folia 6-8 poll, longa, 2i-3J poll. lata. Bracte(S pallide vmdcs. Mores albi, 

 labeUi disco luteo. Antherce calearia incurvata. 



Mr. W. 0. Brodie sent me some years ago, from Anooradbapooraj a very small 

 species of Curcuma (c.p. 3700), which appears to be undescribcd, and the specimens 

 are not sufficiently perfect to enable me to draw up a description. 



Curcuma Io7i(/a, Linn, (nom.vulg. "Kaha"), is cultivated in native gardens, and 

 tbe roots are used in curries, as well as for medicine. 



4. KiEMPFEBIA, Linn. 



1. K. rotunda, Linn. (Eoxb. FL Ind. i. p. IG, 6um syn. ; Wigh 



t. 2029.)— c.p. 3175. 



IIab. Warmer parts of the island. Nom. vnlg. "Lonkenda." 



The roots are employed medicinally by the Cinghalese. 



2. K. pandurata, Eoxb. I.e. p. 18, cum syn. — c.p. 3702. 

 Hab. Gaugaroowa, near Peradenia, Nom. vulg. " Amba-kaha. 



The Cinghalese use the roots of this medicinally. K. GaJai^ga, Liim., is culti- 

 yatcd iu native gardens as a medicine and a maslicatory ; but I have not heard of 

 its occurring in a wild state in the island. Its native name is ** Ilingooroo-peycllec. 



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5. AMOMUM, Linn. 



(Norn. vulg. " Ncya-dandoo.") 



Sect. 1. — Floribus dense glomeratis. 



1. A. ecbinatum, AVilld. Sp. Plant, i. p. 8, cum syn.— c.p. 3020. 

 IIar. Common in dense forests of the Central Province, up to an 



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